Conflicting rulings on whether testers have standing under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The First Circuit has held that a tester may bring a lawsuit against a hotel for an inaccessible website even if the tester never had an intention of booking a room at the hotel. Laufer v. Acheson Hotels, LLC., 50 F.4^th 259 (1^st Cir. 2022). The Eleventh Circuit agrees, Laufer v. Arpan LLC, 29 F.4^th 1268 (11^th Cir. 2022), but the Second, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits disagree, Harty v. W. Point Realty, Inc., 28 F.4^th 435 (2d Cir. 2022); Laufer v. Mann Hospitality, Inc., 996 F.3d 269 (5^th Cir. 2021); Laufer v. Looper, 22 F.4^th 871 (10^th Cir. 2022). The issue is likely to be one the Supreme Court will need to resolve.